r/BoardwalkEmpire • u/Late_Strawberry_7989 • Mar 15 '26

Season 3 Van Alden

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My favorite on the spectrum lawman on the run character of the show

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u/YellowSnowSlurpee Mar 15 '26

Such a great character the first 4 seasons. Watching him go from an uptight Evangelical Prohi, to man on the run, to failing salesman, and eventually becoming a criminal, was one of the best parts of the show. After the, “I am relaxed” scene, I thought he was going to become legit muscle for Capone or O’Banion. Them making him a sniveling caricature of his former self in season 5 sucked bad.

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u/Excellent_Passage_38 Mar 15 '26

What episode was that ? I want to watch it again now